Daniel Medvedev wait for a Novak Djokovic is in top form in the USA Open final this Sunday, but the Russian, third seed, said he will try to offer his “best version” to beat the 23 times Grand Slam champion.
Medvedev won 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6 and 6-3 in a great match that ended the reign of Carlos Alcarazfirst seed, as champion of Flushing Meadowsand the 27-year-old is now preparing for a repeat of the 2021 final against the Serbian.
Djokovic, 36, is aiming for his fourth US Open title, which would allow him to equal the record of 24 Grand Slams by Margaret Courtand take revenge on Medvedev.
“He (Djokovic) is always better than the last time he played. For example, I beat him in the US Open finals, he beat me at Bercy (Masters 1000 in Paris) in a great match. Carlos beat him at Wimbledon, ” He beat him in Cincinnati,” Medvedev declared in a press conference.
“Novak will offer his best version on Sunday, and I have to give my best if I want to beat him. Novak, when he loses, is never the same after … He has a different mentality .. . So I I have to face the final knowing that he will be ten times better than he was that day. And I must, if I want to continue defeating him, ten times better than to me that day,” highlighted the Russian.
However, Medvedev said he will stick to his pre-match routine before facing Djokovic.
“I’m going to do the same as always. Just mental preparation… you have to fight until the end, you have to win, and that’s how you should be in the final of a Grand Slam,” he added.
Medvedev assured that the victory over Alcaraz was an injection of confidence, but he acknowledged that he would feel “deeply disappointed” if he lost in the final despite his successful career in New York.
“Knowing that I can do it on the big stage every time you do it again brings more confidence,” Medvedev added. “You know you can do it again. You want it again. You want to feel it. At the same time, the most important thing is to use it but forget it and go to the next one,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad

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